New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
April 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 9, Cleveland Indians 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 2 3 0
Munson c 5 0 3 3
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 1 2
Rivers cf 5 1 2 1
May dh 5 1 1 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 0 0
Dent ss 5 3 1 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 13 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 1 2 0
Kuiper 2b 5 1 2 0
Norris rf 4 0 2 0
Carty dh 4 1 0 0
Dade 3b 2 0 0 1
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bell lf,3b 4 0 1 1
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0
Fosse c 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Kendall pr,c 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 2
New York 006 001 0209131
Cleveland 000 003 000374
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (1-1) 5.2 4 3 0 2 2
  Tidrow  SV (1) 3.1 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
0
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  L (0-2) 2.2 5 6 2 2 2
  Waits   3.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Buskey   3.0 4 2 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
3
3
4

  E–Chambliss (2), Manning (1), Kuiper (2), Bell (2), Fosse (1).  2B–New York Rivers 2 (2,off Buskey 2), Cleveland Manning 2 (3,off Ellis 2); Bell (3,off Ellis).  IBB–Jackson (1,by Fitzmorris).  SB–Rivers (3,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Fosse).  WP–Ellis (1).  IBB–Fitzmorris (2,Jackson).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:43.  A–16,334.
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